Communications Blockset

Getting Started with the Communications Blockset

This chapter describes a particular example in detail, to help you get started using the Communications Blockset. The description here assumes very little prior knowledge of MATLAB or Simulink. It assumes that you have a basic knowledge about communications subject matter. More specialized knowledge about convolutional coding might be useful for the two parts marked "Technical," but is not essential for using the example to learn about the Communications Blockset environment.

This chapter:

• Gives an overview of the model
• Discusses how you can explore the model in Simulink before reading about its components
• Describes the components of the model in detail
• Discusses how you can modify the model after you understand how it works
• Lists sources of further information

The detailed component descriptions also include three digressions about:

• Signal sizes
• Sample times
• Data types

While these digressions relate to specific components of the example model, they also point out general model-building and model-debugging techniques that can help you use Simulink more effectively.

Typographical Conventions

The Example Model